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Women in Development IV, 1983 (ICPSR 8155)

Principal Investigator(s):
United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census

Summary:

This file contains national-level data concerning
female/male differentials over a range of demographic and
socioeconomic variables for each of 120 developing
countries. Breakdowns by age and urban/rural residence are frequently
included. Data were drawn primarily from censuses and reliable
surveys, and constitute the most recently available information at the
time of collection. The 120 countries included in the file are all
recipients of Agency for International Development aid. There are data
for 19 countries from Asia/Pacific, 21 from Latin America/Caribbean,
41 from Sub-Saharan Africa, 15 from the Near East/North Africa, two
from North America, 21 from Europe, and the Soviet Union.

This file contains national-level data concerning
female/male differentials over a range of demographic and
socioeconomic variables for each of 120 developing
countries. Breakdowns by age and urban/rural residence are frequently
included. Data were drawn primarily from censuses and reliable
surveys, and constitute the most recently available information at the
time of collection. The 120 countries included in the file are all
recipients of Agency for International Development aid. There are data
for 19 countries from Asia/Pacific, 21 from Latin America/Caribbean,
41 from Sub-Saharan Africa, 15 from the Near East/North Africa, two
from North America, 21 from Europe, and the Soviet Union.

Dataset(s)

Study Description

Citation

United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. Women in Development IV, 1983. ICPSR08155-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1990. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08155.v1

Universe:
All persons covered by the 1970 round of censuses and/or
the most recent census or survey in 120 countries in the following
regions: Asia/Pacific, Latin America/Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa,
the Near East/North Africa, North America, Europe, and the Soviet
Union.

Data Type(s):
census/enumeration data,
survey data

Data Collection Notes:

This hierarchical dataset contains seven record types
sorted by table, country, and year. There are 70,529 records in all.